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A snapshot on the quality of seven home visit parenting programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Leer, Jane; López Bóo, Florencia; Perez Expósito, Ana; … - 2016

Although there is ample support for the causal link between home visit parenting programs and child development outcomes, few studies have explored what it is that drives this relationship – to what extent home visit programs are implemented as designed in terms of the content and strategies...

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Developmental losses in young children from pre-primary program closures during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abufhele, Alejandra; Bravo, David; López Bóo, Florencia; … - 2022

The learning and developmental losses from pre-primary program closures due to COVID-19 may be unprecedented. These disruptions early in life can be long-lasting. Although there is evidence about the effects of school closures on older children, there is currently no evidence on such losses for...

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Sex-differences in language and socio-emotional skills : evidence from large scale studies of very young children

Bando Grana, Rosangela; López Bóo, Florencia; Li, Xia - 2016

This study explores sex differences in language and socio-emotional skills on children 7 months to 6 years old in Latin-America. Females had a significant advantage in both dimensions. To our knowledge, this is the first study to document sex differences in these dimensions at a very young age....

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Delivering parenting interventions through health services in the Caribbean

Walker, Susan P.; Powell, Christine; Chang, Susan M.; … - 2019

month visit. Multilevel analyses comparing health center only with control in all 3 countries showed significant benefits … for cognitive development from the health center intervention with effect size of 0.3 SD and benefits to parenting … has the potential to reach a large number of children with benefits substantially higher than required investments. …

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Cash, conditions and child development : experimental evidence from a cash transfer in Honduras

López Bóo, Florencia; Creamer, John - 2019

We explore the effects of a randomly assigned conditional cash transfer in Honduras (Bono 10000) on early childhood development. We find significant impacts on cognitive development in children 0-60 months, with an average effect size of 0.13 SD. We show differential impacts by type of transfer:...

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Measuring the quality of the home environment of young children in Uruguay : socioeconomic gradients in the home inventory

López Bóo, Florencia; Cubides, Mayaris; Sorio, Rita; … - 2019

Uruguay is one of very few countries in Latin America that has a nationally representative, longitudinal survey of early childhood development. In 2015-2016, during the second wave of the survey, an observational module on the home environment was administered at scale for the first time. The...

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